and now to keep this thread rolling along 

David (FirePower) came over tonight to see what we could come up with. A big thanks to him for taking quite a few hours of his time to this bastard of a pinball... 

OK to sum up the main issue is that when you start a new game on this machine, the ball count doesnt stop but continues to position 6 which is end of game. At no point does it allow you fire the ball shooter...

A number of weird things or questions have been posed.

1. At certain times (not consistent) when you start a game it steps up to position 6 but also scores 1000 points 
2. The bumpers have a switch closest to playfield that are always open and never get closed (does anyone know what the start up state is for this switch (N/O or N/C)
3. L relay (1000 point seems to stuck at times no matter what we do with the pop bumpers but again not consistent
4. When the game is finished (steps to position 6), you can sometimes score points by hitting them manually (not sure if this is normal or red herring
5. Sometimes when you hold in P relay, the ball shooter will activate.

My guess as a noob, is that P relay which i believe Daniel thought was a bit suss is an issue, and the fact there are so many questions around the 1000 point area lead me to look around there as well.

Thoughts and suggestions are as always welcome! David might be able to add anything i missed (thanks heaps again mate, i really appreciate your help!!!!)

Thanks for putting up with this thread guys